Pure Earths? The environmental challenges facing Tibet in the twenty-first century

THIS EVENT IS ARCHIVED

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Tibet is known as the world's Third Pole, containing the largest glacially stored fresh water outside of the Arctic and the Antarctic. The high-altitude landscape is made up of grasslands surrounded by snow mountains and embedded with a unique flora and fauna. The Tibetan environment has been kept intact by the stewards of the Tibetan plateau, the Tibetan nomads. However, the plateau has been affected by direct and indirect effects of climate change as well as the changing of traditional living patterns. External and internal factors are impacting on the Tibetan environment radically, melting glaciers, degrading pastoral ecosystems and endangering species.

This conference is being organised to facilitate a cohesive understanding of the threats that Tibet's environment is facing. Scholars with expertise and experience of field research in Tibet, particularly with regard to environmental matters in Tibet, have been invited and are confirmed to speak at the conference. More details will be announced soon.

Tobias Bolch (University of Zurich): Recent climate and glacier changes impacting on the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings.